1936 Olympic Games
As you know, this week we’ll be discussing Hitler’s policies towards Jews in the years prior to the Second World War. Considering the current Olympic fever in Canada, I thought you might be interested in the US Holocaust Memorial Museum’s exhibit on the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. Click on the picture below to see the exhibit:
The last of 3,000 runners who carried the Olympic torch from Olympia, Greece, arrives in the Lustgarten in Berlin to light the Olympic Flame and start the 11th Summer Olympic Games. —USHMM #21674/Bettmann/CORBIS
March 01 2010 07:07 pm | Links